Sunday, November 12, 2006
Dune , the saga continues
I have observed, have you?
The way the Retreat dunes are eroded by Heavy wind and rains.....
EXCEPT where there are weeds and other plants that have rooted on our dune slopes .
They are holding there own. Notice that in the areas where there are no plants how the brown sand is flowing down due to the dune erosion
BUT... where there are plantings (by mother nature) the sand is still white.
I don't know anything that is keeping each individual gulf front owner from Planting or hiring
the Dune doctors to place plants on their lot.
There are no matching sand issues if you plant in the existing sand.
You don't require heavy equipment
And it is fairly inexpensive even if you add dune fencing at the base of the dune or
double up on the planting at the dune base instead of using dune fencing as a alternate method.
The INN at BLUE Mountain is looking really good after the recent storms that the board mentioned Last Saturday.
They told you that Adagio lost the base of there dune.
The Truth is that they lost part of the base only on the section of their beach at the far east side
which is closer to the waters edge. The Seawall behind these artifical dunes causes the beach to be shortened.
The other dunes at Adagio did great. Our dunes are much farther away from the waters edge than are Adagio's and can be expected to perform quite well.
I can't help but wonder if some interests are actually served by the constantly eroding dunes for over two years now. And who's responsible?
Perhaps some might think that if the dunes erode enough that a DEP permit will be approved.
If thats true the 2006 Hurricane season must have been a big disappointment.
In any case the Gulf front owners might want to consider what to do about preventing further erosion of their lots. It's can't be good for the property values you know.
Nuff said.
The way the Retreat dunes are eroded by Heavy wind and rains.....
EXCEPT where there are weeds and other plants that have rooted on our dune slopes .
They are holding there own. Notice that in the areas where there are no plants how the brown sand is flowing down due to the dune erosion
BUT... where there are plantings (by mother nature) the sand is still white.
I don't know anything that is keeping each individual gulf front owner from Planting or hiring
the Dune doctors to place plants on their lot.
There are no matching sand issues if you plant in the existing sand.
You don't require heavy equipment
And it is fairly inexpensive even if you add dune fencing at the base of the dune or
double up on the planting at the dune base instead of using dune fencing as a alternate method.
The INN at BLUE Mountain is looking really good after the recent storms that the board mentioned Last Saturday.
They told you that Adagio lost the base of there dune.
The Truth is that they lost part of the base only on the section of their beach at the far east side
which is closer to the waters edge. The Seawall behind these artifical dunes causes the beach to be shortened.
The other dunes at Adagio did great. Our dunes are much farther away from the waters edge than are Adagio's and can be expected to perform quite well.
I can't help but wonder if some interests are actually served by the constantly eroding dunes for over two years now. And who's responsible?
Perhaps some might think that if the dunes erode enough that a DEP permit will be approved.
If thats true the 2006 Hurricane season must have been a big disappointment.
In any case the Gulf front owners might want to consider what to do about preventing further erosion of their lots. It's can't be good for the property values you know.
Nuff said.
